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As we get deeper into autumn, it feels as if we’ll blink and Christmas will be upon us. With the festive season comes new opportunities to book a winter trip away, and a favourite must-do for many travellers is to visit a Christmas market. There are more than 1,500 in Europe alone, and this year more than 800,000 travellers have voted for their favourites via the European Best Destinations platform. A total of 20 were included in the final ranking, and we’re taking a closer look at the top five to give you some inspiration on where to go to…
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The European Space Agency received record budget commitments of more than €22 billion from member states at its ministerial council meeting in 2025, a 32% increase on 2022. Member states also gave ESA a historic mandate to use space technology for non-aggressive security and defence, including technologies to monitor external borders. With that backing, ESA director general Josef Aschbacher wants Europe to take its next big step: developing the ability to launch its own astronauts into space. In the latest episode of The Big Question, Josef sat down with Hannah Brown to discuss Europe’s independent future in space. ‘Why don’t…
Fast jede Nacht überzieht Russland die Ukraine mit Drohnen- und Raketenangriffen, um die Zivilbevölkerung zu zermürben. Doch abseits des Terrors aus der Luft kommt Moskau militärisch kaum voran. Die wahre Strategie des Kremls zielt längst auf ein anderes Schlachtfeld: die politische Erschöpfung Europas und der USA. Im Gespräch mit POLITICO-Reporterin Rixa Fürsen teilt Nico Lange, Direktor des Instituts für Risikoanalysen und Internationale Sicherheit (IRIS), seine aktuellen Eindrücke aus dem Kriegsgebiet. Er analysiert, warum Putin trotz militärischer Stagnation auf einen politischen Sieg hofft und wie die deutsche Furcht vor Eskalation diesen Plan unfreiwillig begünstigt. Die Folge offenbart die konkreten Konsequenzen westlicher…
That system is a security threat to Europe at a moment of heightened concern over Moscow-sponsored acts of sabotage, arson and other forms of hybrid warfare, Sweden’s Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer told POLITICO. “It’s obvious I think for everyone that we have vulnerabilities in our system that can be used by our enemies,” Strömmer said in an interview. “As far as I understand things, the Commission is preparing a proposal that, according to what I have heard, should be launched in January next year. From a Swedish point of view, we would love to see it even earlier.” Strömmer welcomed…
Published on 10/10/2026 – 18:12 GMT+2 Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement of the execution by firing squad of Fort Hood gunman Nidal Malik Hasan continues to fuel controversy. Former US Army Major Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people and wounding another 32, is expected to be put to death in a live-streamed execution, most likely on 3 December. Pope Leo XIV has also intervened in the debate, without commenting directly on the case. Marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October, he declared on Saturday that capital punishment is “inadmissible”. In a post on X, the US-born…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 10/10/2026 – 21:28 GMT+2 Today closes out the individual competition at the Baku World Judo Championships and it’s time for the heavyweights to take centre stage in Azerbaijan. Before the finals, the traditional flag-passing ceremony was held to commemorate the closing of the event, as Azerbaijan passed the IJF flag to Kazakhstan – with Astana set to host the World Championships in 2027. At +78kg, 19 year old Hyeonji LEE was on fire enroute to the final, with ippon in every contest. With a World bronze from last year, she would be feeling confident that…
US President Donald Trump said it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not tried sufficiently to bring an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,” Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for Tennessee on Saturday. The statement was welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top economic negotiator, who called Trump’s remarks as “iconic and historic”. “President Trump joins the many who believe that…
After a first day disrupted by a cyberattack that slowed the voting process, the French centre-left primary is back on track, organisers said. By midday on Saturday, 87,841 ballots had been cast, representing 62.6% of the 140,282 registered voters. At 7 p.m. on Friday, only 20,000 people had managed to vote. Turnout will be crucial in gauging the success of this primary, which is held entirely online, as well as an indicator of the legitimacy the winning candidate will carry into the race for the Élysée Palace. Other political forces are already well entrenched in the presidential race, notably the…
Published on 10/10/2026 – 18:00 GMT+2•Updated 18:13 The Disciplinary Board of the Portuguese Football Federation has opened disciplinary proceedings against Cristiano Ronaldo for walking out of the national team’s training camp in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before the match against Denmark, the captain clashed with coach Jorge Jesus (JJ) after being left on the bench and not brought on in the previous game against Norway, despite what he had been promised. According to Ronaldo, Jorge Jesus had assured him he would play for 30 minutes. Feeling that JJ had gone back on his word, Cristiano Ronaldo walked out on the national team…